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The national plan for ageing support and dependency care is the strategic framework that aims to ensure positive home care experiences for beneficiaries and their families, prevent successive re-hospitalizations and loss of autonomy, and increase the number of available places in institutions for dependent older persons. The key institutions involved are the Department of Social Affairs and Health, the Directorate of Health Action, the Directorate of Forecasting, Urban Planning, and Mobility, Princess Grace Hospital Center (CHPG) and the Department of Clinical Gerontology. The main stakeholders are service providers for personal services. The policy is national in scope and its targeted audience is dependent older persons, whether at home or in institutions. Key features of the plan include the upgrading the rates of autonomy benefits, the signature of agreements with personal service provider companies, the issue a Sovereign Ordinance requiring accreditation for these companies, and the implementation of a procedure for reporting adverse events, among others. In the short term, 150 additional places will be created at the Cap Fleuri Residences and Hector Otto Foundation. By 2024/2025, a new Accommodation Establishment for Dependent Older Persons will be opened. The plan was introduced in 2019.

The Ordonnance Souveraine n° 7121 concerning the regulation of personal service activities in Monaco aims to regulate personal service activities, ensuring they are conducted within a legal framework that excludes medical care prescribed by a doctor and activities solely related to household chores, environment, or living conditions. The main institution involved in the implementation of this ordinance is the Government of Monaco, which oversees the regulation of personal services. The stakeholders include service providers and recipients, particularly those not involved in medical or purely domestic tasks. The ordinance applies to personal service activities within the Principality of Monaco. It covers a range of services excluding those related to medical prescriptions and household tasks, thereby affecting service providers and recipients in the personal care sector. Overall, the ordinance outlines the legal boundaries for personal service activities, distinguishing them from medical and domestic services. It provides a regulatory framework for the operation of personal services, ensuring compliance with Monaco's social and labour standards. The ordinance was adopted on September 24, 2018.